The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) today announced the appointment of Nenekazi Songxaba as Environmental Coordinator for the agency’s Southern Region office which is responsible for the development and maintenance of national road network in the Eastern Cape.

Songxaba will be responsible for environmental management and legislative compliance across all SANRAL road engineering projects in the Eastern Cape including environmental monitoring, reporting, evaluation and liaison.

Before joining SANRAL, Songxaba worked as the Environmental Manager for Eskom in East London. Prior to Eskom, she worked as an Environmental Scientist for Terreco Environmental Consulting in East London (2007 – 2011).

Songxaba graduated with a Bsc in Botany and Zoology and also obtained a Bsc Honours in Zoology from the University of Transkei.

“SANRAL’s approach to environmental management is integral to agency’s record of corporate citizenship and compliance across the domains of environmental management on its projects across South Africa. I am very passionate about environmental science and the opportunities on existing and forthcoming road infrastructure development and maintenance projects in the province” Songxaba said.